'MAGA-on-MAGA violence' erupts in GOP House primary in Trump loyalty test: conservative

Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) is trailing his Donald Trump-endorsed challenger John McGuire in a razor-thin Republican primary race that shows how tightly the former president holds the party in his grip.

McGuire won Trump's endorsement last month and made his campaign a referendum on who was most loyal to the presumptive GOP nominee, and the Republican challenger claimed victory Wednesday although Good had closed the gap to 309 votes out of 62,445 votes cast, which would put the House Freedom Caucus chair within the margin to qualify for a recount paid for by the state.

"It's MAGA-on-MAGA violence," conservative Charlie Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe." "It's hard to choose between these two guys. I think it was Adam Kinsinger who said it's like choosing between dysentery and flu. What is interesting is, look, Congressman Good is about as right-wing as you get. He's the head of the Freedom Caucus and is not good enough. It all comes down to loyalty to Donald Trump. He committed the sin of endorsing Ron DeSantis, so this is not about issues. It is not about policy. It is not about RINOs versus MAGA, it's all about Donald Trump's absolute complete demand for loyalty, and he's about to blow up this congressional race, spending hundreds of thousands on a seat they didn't have."

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"We ought to notice how fall the Republican Party used to be fallen," Sykes added. "This used to be represented by Denver Riggleman, a man of real integrity and principle, and he was defeated by Bob Good because he committed the unforgivable sin of presiding at a same-sex wedding. So we've gone from Denver Riggleman to god-knows-what in this particular district."

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